The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators.
FILE - This July 16, 2004, file photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. The Biden administration said Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators. BILLINGS, Mont. —
Former President Donald Trump's administration lifted protections across most of the remainder of the U.S. in his last days in office. The Humane Society of the U.S., Center for Biological Diversity and other groups had filed legal petitions asking federal officials to intervene. Center for Biological Diversity attorney Andrea Zaccardi said advocates welcomed the review but added that wolves were “under the gun now” and need protections right away.
“We don't need Washington coming in and second-guessing our science-based approach,” Gianforte said in a statement.received a warning from wildlife officials because he had failed to take a mandated trapper education courseWolves were exterminated across most of the U.S. by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.
, saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animals. They said wolves are culturally important to a host of tribes and accused the federal government of failing to listen to their concerns about lifting protections.
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